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Merriam/Websters Dictionary (13th Collegiate, I think)
Roget's Thesaurus (which I use less than I would like)
Java in a Nutshell (O'Reilly)
Java Enterprise in a Nutshell (O'Reilly)
Enterprise Java Beans (O'Reilly)
Mastering Enterprise Java Beans (Wiley Press)
Tricks of the Java Programming Gurus
Professional JavaScript
The C Programming Language (Kernigan and Ritchie)
Basic C Programming
Evil Geniuses in a Nutshell (O'Reilly)
and always some out-of-date science fiction to clear my mind at lunch
time (Currently: Supermen, edited by Isaac Asimov, previously Nova by
Samuel R. Delany, Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card, Fourth Mansions
by R. A. Lafferty (which I Very Highly Recommend!))